0:00:21 > 0:00:23APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:00:24 > 0:00:28Thank you very much indeed. I'm Alexander Armstrong.
0:00:28 > 0:00:34A warm welcome to Pointless, where the lowest scorers are the biggest winners. Let's meet today's players.
0:00:38 > 0:00:44Now first we welcome Jonathan and Alison. You are our first pair on the show this afternoon.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48- How do you two know each other? - Well, we're married.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52- We've been married since 2003 and... - And?
0:00:52 > 0:00:56- But, but...- And it's lovely! - Oh, thank...!
0:00:56 > 0:01:03- Where are you from, Jonathan? - From the Isle of Wight.- Wow. Does Pointless play on the Isle of Wight?
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- We have got television now, yes. - Very good.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10- Alison, what do you do? - I am a trainee chocolatier.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13A chocolatier!
0:01:13 > 0:01:15It really...yes.
0:01:15 > 0:01:21- Do you get to eat all the broken bits?- I got a lot at the start because she wasn't very good.
0:01:21 > 0:01:27- Not now she's getting better. - Of course, now it gets sold.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32- I've perfected the recipe for mulberry gin chocolates.- Marlborough?
0:01:32 > 0:01:36Mulberry gin. We have a mulberry tree in the garden, a bit of gin,
0:01:36 > 0:01:41mix it in and you can make mulberry gin chocolate.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Blimey. There's a whole nation of people salivating.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49- I would have brought some, had I been Alison.- I would have.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Or had the decency not to mention them.
0:01:52 > 0:01:59Very good. Best of luck. Next we welcome back Karl and Mario. You were on the show last time.
0:01:59 > 0:02:06Everyone gets two chances to reach the final. Mario, I'm disappointed. Last time you were sporting a scarf.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10- Yeah.- This time you've clearly decided not to.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12I decided against it.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Basically, it didn't bring me the luck I was expecting it to do,
0:02:16 > 0:02:21so I'm wearing my lucky pants instead. LAUGHTER
0:02:22 > 0:02:24You and me both, Mario.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28You're wearing HIS lucky pants?!
0:02:28 > 0:02:33- LAUGHTER - If you knew how lucky they were, you'd be wearing them as well.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38They sound very lucky. What do you do in your spare time, Mario?
0:02:38 > 0:02:43- I'm a snowboarder. I've just begun. - Very good. What about you, Karl?
0:02:43 > 0:02:45I do music, actually.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50When I lived in Australia, I played in a couple of bands as a vocalist.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Well, it's lovely to have you back.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Very best of luck. Let's hope we see you way beyond the second round.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01Next we welcome Lee and Jamie. How do you two know each other?
0:03:01 > 0:03:06Our wives work together and because of that we met socially.
0:03:06 > 0:03:13After a while, we went out to a pub quiz and 16 years later we're still going out to the pub quiz.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17- You've been quizzing for 16 years? - I'm afraid so. Isn't that sad?
0:03:17 > 0:03:22- Lee, you're going to be brilliant! - Not necessarily. - Oh, I think you are.
0:03:22 > 0:03:29- Lee, what do you do?- I lecture in Politics at Queen's University. - Oh, for heaven's sake, Richard!
0:03:29 > 0:03:33They've quizzed for 16 years and he's a lecturer.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36The rest of you, just go now.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Apart from Alison. You can stay.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Lee and Jamie, the best of luck.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Now then, finally, we welcome back Sheridan and Stacey.
0:03:45 > 0:03:51This is your second chance. This afternoon, you will triumph.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55- Tell me why.- Well, we're hoping something that we know comes up,
0:03:55 > 0:03:57which probably isn't a very lot.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02But we're not really that bothered, just as long as we beat Mario! LAUGHTER
0:04:02 > 0:04:06- Big competition. - Mario, what have you said to them?!
0:04:06 > 0:04:08What did he do? What did he do?
0:04:08 > 0:04:14When they went out, first round, he waved them off.
0:04:14 > 0:04:20- A little shady wave. - So the gauntlet's been hurled. - A bit of competition now.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24Wow. Well, Sheridan and Stacey, good luck with that.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29We'll find out more about all of you. There's only one person left.
0:04:29 > 0:04:35At the top of Mount Obscurity is planted a flag in his colours. My Pointless friend, Richard.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36Hiya.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Hello.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47- How are you this afternoon? - I'm extremely well.
0:04:47 > 0:04:53- What a lime-up we've got! - I know. Blimey.- It's clear that Lee and Jamie are going to win.
0:04:53 > 0:04:59- Alison, we can't let you win because you've got to come back next time with chocolates.- I understand.
0:04:59 > 0:05:05Then it's who from Sheridan and Stacey and Karl and Mario will win their battle.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09- A little derby in the back row. - It should be a good show.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Thank you very much, Richard.
0:05:11 > 0:05:18We put all our questions to 100 people, but we are after the obscure answers that they didn't get.
0:05:18 > 0:05:23Everyone is trying to find a pointless answer that no one gave.
0:05:23 > 0:05:29Each time that happens, we'll add £250 to the jackpot. Nobody won the jackpot last time,
0:05:29 > 0:05:34so today's jackpot starts off at £4,500.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Right. Let's play Pointless.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50In the first round, each of you must give me one answer
0:05:50 > 0:05:52and you cannot confer with your partner.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56The team with the highest score will be eliminated.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Our first category this afternoon is...Marine Life.
0:06:00 > 0:06:05Can you all decide who's going to go first and who's going to go second?
0:06:05 > 0:06:10Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:06:10 > 0:06:17We gave 100 people 100 seconds to name as many sea creatures as they could.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- Sea creatures. Richard?- The correct answers are all marine creatures.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25- Organisms that live in or around the sea.- Thanks.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Alison and Jonathan, you drew lots and you get to go first.
0:06:29 > 0:06:36In this round, we will give you a choice of seven possible answers in each pass.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40Your first set of seven answers reads like this.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42HE READS LIST
0:06:47 > 0:06:49I'll read that one more time.
0:06:55 > 0:07:01At least one of those answers is pointless, but at least one of those answers is incorrect
0:07:01 > 0:07:05and you will score the maximum of 100 points.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Now, Alison...
0:07:07 > 0:07:13- The Isle of Wight. You probably come across these as a matter of course. - All of them, every day(!)
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Paddling around in the rock pools.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20"Oh! That looks like a mulberry gin chocolate..."
0:07:20 > 0:07:24They don't do so well under water. They get a bit salty.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28- Do they?- Yeah. So out of those...
0:07:28 > 0:07:33I'm going to choose the refreshing Sea Cucumber.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Mm! Sea Cucumber. There it is. Let's see if it's right
0:07:37 > 0:07:41and, if it is, how many people said it.
0:07:49 > 0:07:50Six!
0:07:54 > 0:07:58That's an excellent answer, Alison. Sea Cucumber scores six.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02- Richard?- Yeah, good answer. It's an animal, not a plant.
0:08:02 > 0:08:07It emits a deadly toxin, poisonous to other fish, but not to humans.
0:08:07 > 0:08:14- Now then, Karl.- Used to live in Australia and spend a lot of time in the sea,
0:08:14 > 0:08:17- but not underneath the water. - LAUGHTER
0:08:17 > 0:08:18Em...
0:08:18 > 0:08:23I am going to have to go for, and be safe,
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- with lobster.- That IS safe.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31I'm pretty sure it's right. We will...
0:08:31 > 0:08:36- What do you think, Mario? - I think he's on the money there.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37Probably 99, 98.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Let's see if it's right
0:08:40 > 0:08:44and how many people said lobster.
0:08:49 > 0:08:5135!
0:08:54 > 0:08:59That's a lot lower score than I was expecting. Lobster, 35, Richard.
0:08:59 > 0:09:04I have no explanation for why that is so low, but good news.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09Very good. It was right, Karl. Nothing wrong with that.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Lee, we are looking for sea creatures.
0:09:13 > 0:09:18There's one I definitely don't like the look of, one is intriguing.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23Will I dare risk it? I don't know. Or will I actually play safe?
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- I'll try for the sea anemone. - The sea anemone.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30If you do see an enemy, always best to run for cover.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36OK, let's see if that's right and how many people said sea anemone.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Well done, it's right.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48Very well done. 12 for sea anemone.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56- Richard? - Yes, sea anemone. Well done, Lee.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00They have a symbiotic relationship with clownfish, as in Finding Nemo.
0:10:00 > 0:10:07The clownfish is immune to the poison they give out, so they hide inside them.
0:10:07 > 0:10:12- And the sea anemone eats their food. - I have a similar relationship with my agent.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16I have a similar relationship with mulberry gin chocolates.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18LAUGHTER
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Now then, Sheridan. Remember, we're looking for sea creatures.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28I don't know whether I dare go for the Christmas tree worm.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Sounds fun, doesn't it?
0:10:31 > 0:10:34It does. It's intriguing.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38The kraken, wasn't that some sort of monster?
0:10:39 > 0:10:44So I'm going to go... I'm going to go for the Christmas tree worm.
0:10:44 > 0:10:49- Oh!- The Christmas tree worm. Jamie is nodding.- I'll go for it.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54Stacey's looking quite scared. She's come out...and gone back in.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Like a clownfish in a sea anemone.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59LAUGHTER
0:10:59 > 0:11:04Let's see if that's right and how many people said it. Best of luck.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Well done, Sheridan!
0:11:09 > 0:11:14Very, very well done. We might see this go a long way down.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Yes! And we do!
0:11:16 > 0:11:18CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:11:20 > 0:11:28Very well done. That's a pointless answer. It adds £250 to the jackpot, taking the total up to £4,750.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32- And, most importantly, Sheridan, it scores you nothing.- Absolutely.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37- Very well done. Richard?- Yeah. Mario doesn't like that one bit.
0:11:37 > 0:11:44Are you sure you've got your lucky pants on? Yes, it's a small Christmas tree-shaped worm.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Very small, but very colourful. Let's take a look.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52Jellyfish would have scored you 14 points.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55The limpet would have scored 8.
0:11:55 > 0:12:01And the kraken, you're quite right, is a mythological creature, so that was the incorrect answer.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05Thank you very much, Richard. Let's just look at those scores.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09Well... it's quite a low-scoring round,
0:12:09 > 0:12:15but there's no score lower than that most impressive one - Sheridan and Stacey on nothing.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20Then we come up a little bit to Alison and Jonathan on six.
0:12:20 > 0:12:25Double that to 12 for Lee and Jamie. Then double that and add 11...
0:12:25 > 0:12:30We come to 35, which is where we find Karl and Mario,
0:12:30 > 0:12:36languishing way ahead of the field there. Mario, you're going to have to find a really good answer.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40- Yeah.- You'll have to do something. - Have to do something.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44OK, can the second players please take their places at the podium?
0:12:46 > 0:12:52OK. We're going to put seven more answers on the board. Sea creatures.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55- Here is your second list. - HE READS LIST
0:13:02 > 0:13:05I'll read those one more time.
0:13:11 > 0:13:17Now at least one of those answers is pointless and at least one is incorrect.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22Try to avoid those incorrect ones if you possibly can. Stacey,
0:13:22 > 0:13:28you are on nothing. The high scorers are Mario and Karl. That's just poetic, isn't it?
0:13:28 > 0:13:32What about that? The very people you wanted to beat.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34The high scorers. Muhahahaha!
0:13:34 > 0:13:39If you can score 34 or less, you are through to the next round.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43What do you think about that list?
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Well, just like Karl, I used to live in Australia.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51I studied to be a marine biologist, but I weren't clever enough!
0:13:51 > 0:13:54That's good. How long did you do?
0:13:54 > 0:14:01- Four weeks.- Four weeks. Did you come across any of these? - No, but I've heard of a few.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05That is probably good enough.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09I'm going to kind of go in the middle. I know it's safe,
0:14:09 > 0:14:14but I don't think it'll be a top answer. I'm going to go starfish.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18- That's safe.- There is your red line. Below that red line, you're through.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22Let's see if starfish is right and how many people said starfish.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33Well done. You're through to the next round!
0:14:33 > 0:14:3621 for starfish.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Well done, Stacey.
0:14:40 > 0:14:46Yeah, the starfish. They're trying to change its name because it's not a fish.
0:14:46 > 0:14:53How are they feeling about the sea horse? Strictly speaking, that's not really a horse, is it?
0:14:53 > 0:14:54LAUGHTER
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Now then, Jamie.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00You are on 12.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04Our high scorers remain Mario and Karl on 35. Score 22 or less
0:15:04 > 0:15:08and you're through to the next round.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12- There is still a pointless answer on that board.- There is.
0:15:12 > 0:15:18It's interesting. You watch at home and you'd be saying, "Pick that one! It's pointless!" But not here.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23- It's very hard behind the podium. - "Will I risk that? Maybe not."
0:15:23 > 0:15:27So I'm not going to risk for a pointless.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32- I'm going to go for sea urchin. - Sea urchin.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34- Yes.- OK, Jamie.
0:15:34 > 0:15:41There's your red line. Get below that and you are through. Let's see if it will get you there.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Very well done.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57Very well done. That scores 14 and takes you up to 26.
0:15:57 > 0:16:03- You're through.- Well played, Jamie. The word urchin was an old name for a small hedgehog.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08- Because they resemble those, it's a sea urchin.- Mario...
0:16:08 > 0:16:13- Alexander.- 35. You and Karl are still ahead of the field.
0:16:13 > 0:16:19You, Mario, I think - I think - are going to have to find a pointless answer
0:16:19 > 0:16:23or something as close to pointless as you possibly can on that board.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28- It's looking like that.- I think a safe option isn't open to you.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32I don't think that's going to work. STACEY AND SHERIDAN GIGGLE
0:16:32 > 0:16:38If we go out, it'll be with a bang. So Brain Coral is my answer.
0:16:38 > 0:16:44Brain Coral is your answer. Stacey and Sheridan think that's a great answer.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46- Don't trust them!- No, I don't!
0:16:48 > 0:16:52- They're up to something. - They did that on the last show.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56- They didn't do me any favours.- OK.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00Let's see if it's right and how many people said it. Brain Coral.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03It's right.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07How far down will it go?
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Wahey! Very well done!
0:17:15 > 0:17:23Very well done, Mario. A pointless answer adds £250 to the jackpot, taking it to £5,000.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28Most importantly, it scores you nothing, leaving your total at 35.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32- Richard.- Very well played. It does resemble a brain.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36It's spherical and grooved. It can live 900 years.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Now then, Jonathan.
0:17:39 > 0:17:45Has Mario done enough to keep himself in the game, leaving his total at 35?
0:17:45 > 0:17:49If you can score 28 or less, then Mario has not done enough.
0:17:49 > 0:17:54Well, I think the octopus is too obvious for words.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59I also think the sea hare is too close to a sea horse.
0:17:59 > 0:18:04So it's between the andrina and Australian sea apple, as far as I'm concerned.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06And...
0:18:06 > 0:18:11for some strange reason, I'm drawn towards the andrina.
0:18:11 > 0:18:16- I may be confusing it with a Greek girl I used to know, but andrina. - LAUGHTER
0:18:16 > 0:18:19OK, andrina, there we are. There is your red line.
0:18:21 > 0:18:27Well, Mario and Karl are going to watch the progress of this line very, very closely.
0:18:27 > 0:18:32Andrina - is that right and how many people said it?
0:18:34 > 0:18:35Argh!
0:18:35 > 0:18:39It's somebody you used to know!
0:18:39 > 0:18:40LAUGHTER
0:18:40 > 0:18:44- ALEXANDER SIGHS - It was the sea apple, wasn't it?
0:18:44 > 0:18:50I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer, which means you scored a maximum of 100 points.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52That takes your total up to 106.
0:18:52 > 0:18:58- Richard...- So sorry, Jonathan. Andrina is Ariel's sister in The Little Mermaid.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01That's Andrina.
0:19:01 > 0:19:06Let's take a look at the rest. Octopus would have knocked you out. It was 35.
0:19:06 > 0:19:14- The other two would have done you well. Australian sea apple is a type of sea cucumber.- Cucumbers again.
0:19:14 > 0:19:20Go figure. It would have scored one. And the sea hare, a type of sea slug, was a pointless answer.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24- Very well done if you said sea hare. - Thank you, Richard.
0:19:24 > 0:19:29At the end of Round One, the losing pair is Jonathan and Alison.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34A great shame. Jonathan did exactly the right thing,
0:19:34 > 0:19:38but your answer was completely wrong.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42The good news is we will see you again next time.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46Great contestants. Thanks for playing.
0:19:46 > 0:19:51But for the remaining three pairs it's time for Round Two.
0:19:56 > 0:20:02Only two pairs can make it through to the Head to Head, so one team leaves at the end of this round.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04The category for Round Two is...
0:20:07 > 0:20:13Can you all decide in your pairs who is going to go first and who is going to go second?
0:20:13 > 0:20:17Whoever's going first, please step up to the podium.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21And the question concerns...
0:20:21 > 0:20:25Countries and their official languages.
0:20:25 > 0:20:31We'll show you a list of countries. We asked 100 people to tell us the official language of each.
0:20:31 > 0:20:38- Richard?- Six countries on each pass. Just tell us the official national language of that country.
0:20:38 > 0:20:44Obscure ones score fewer points, an incorrect answer scores 100. See how many you can get at home.
0:20:44 > 0:20:50Thanks, Richard. So we are looking for the official language of each country. And we have got...
0:20:50 > 0:20:52HE READS LIST
0:20:59 > 0:21:01I'll read those again.
0:21:05 > 0:21:10You're looking for the answer that the fewest people knew.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14Karl, which one are you going to choose?
0:21:14 > 0:21:19The official language of one of these countries. A nice obscure one.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22I'm going to go for...Brazil.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26And I'm going to go... Portuguese.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Portuguese.
0:21:29 > 0:21:34- What do you reckon, Mario? - I know one or two things about this,
0:21:34 > 0:21:38- given I am from Portugal. - Exactly.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41So it's a 50/50 chance. LAUGHTER
0:21:43 > 0:21:50OK, well, let's see if Brazil - Portuguese is right and if it is, let's see how many people said it.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Yes, very well done, Karl.
0:21:55 > 0:21:5638.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58APPLAUSE
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Not a bad score at all.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06- Richard?- Yeah, brought to Brazil by the Portuguese colonisers.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Very good. Thanks very much, Richard.
0:22:09 > 0:22:14- Now then, Lee.- Two look reasonably straightforward.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16I don't know how they would score.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Two, I'm not 100% certain of.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24And one... Hmm, I don't know whether I should risk this one.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29But Liechtenstein, I'll go for German. It's Swiss German, but German.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Liechtenstein - German.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35What do you think, Jamie?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37My fingers are crossed.
0:22:37 > 0:22:44OK, Liechtenstein - German. Let's see if that's correct and if it is, let's see how many people said that.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48It's right.
0:22:51 > 0:22:5331.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55APPLAUSE
0:22:56 > 0:22:5931.
0:22:59 > 0:23:04- Richard?- Well done, Lee, German, spoken by 90 million people worldwide.
0:23:04 > 0:23:09- Do you know what the German is for "pointless"?- What is it?- Sinnlos.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- Sinnlos?- Sinnlos. What a beautiful language.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Footloose?
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Thanks very much, Richard.
0:23:17 > 0:23:23Stacey, we come to you. Remember, we're looking for the official languages of these countries.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Italy, which is, I hope, Italian.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Argentina, I think, is Spanish.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Mm-hm.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Brunei is Arabic, I think.
0:23:35 > 0:23:41The other one I've never even heard of, but if I had to take a guess, I'd probably say Mandarin.
0:23:41 > 0:23:47- I'm going to go for Brunei and I'm going to say Arabic. - Brunei - Arabic, you are saying.
0:23:47 > 0:23:52We'll see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Arabic for Brunei.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59- Oh, God!- Bad luck, Stacey.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03That's incorrect which means you score a maximum of 100 points.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06- What was it?- Yeah, sorry, Stacey.
0:24:06 > 0:24:12I'm afraid Malay is the official national language of Brunei, often written in the Arabic alphabet.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Let's look at the other answers.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19Italy, it is Italian indeed.
0:24:19 > 0:24:2394 out of our 100 said that.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27- You've got to wonder about those six, haven't you?- Yeah.
0:24:27 > 0:24:32Argentina, as Stacey said, it is Spanish. It would've been a good answer.
0:24:32 > 0:24:3555, but better than 100.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39And Suriname is Dutch. It would have scored you 8 points.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43Brunei was the best answer, so well done if you got that or Suriname.
0:24:43 > 0:24:49OK, thanks very much, Richard. We're halfway through the round, so let's take a look at the scores.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Lee and Jamie, 31, lovely low score.
0:24:52 > 0:24:57Then up a little bit from them, not very much, to 38, Karl and Mario.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Then, oh, dear, way ahead of the field,
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Stacey and Sheridan on 100.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06Sheridan, we need a very low score from you in the next pass
0:25:06 > 0:25:10and you have to hope that somebody else has an incorrect answer.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Can the second players take their places at the podium?
0:25:16 > 0:25:22OK, we're going to put six more countries on the board and we have got...
0:25:29 > 0:25:31I'll read those one more time.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40We are looking for the official language of these countries
0:25:40 > 0:25:45- and the one that the fewest of our 100 people knew. Sheridan...- Mm-hm?
0:25:45 > 0:25:49- What's that board looking like? - Terrible.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52I'm going to go with Trinidad and Tobago
0:25:52 > 0:25:55and I'm going to say English.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57OK...
0:25:57 > 0:26:01Stacey thinks that is the funniest thing she's ever heard.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06- English?- Yeah.- Trinidad and Tobago. Stacey, what do you think?
0:26:08 > 0:26:14Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said Trinidad and Tobago - English.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Well done.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20- 48. - APPLAUSE
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Quite a high score there.
0:26:24 > 0:26:30That takes your total up to 148 which I'm afraid is an unbeatable high score.
0:26:30 > 0:26:37- No-one can overtake that. Richard? - Good correct answer, following your pointless in the first round too.
0:26:37 > 0:26:43Thank you, Richard. You can have a bit of fun with this, Jamie, as you are through to the head-to-head.
0:26:43 > 0:26:49If you were thinking about taking a bit of a risk, why not go ahead and take it?
0:26:49 > 0:26:53OK, well, seeing as I can't lose and, um...
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Slovakia, I'll say Czech.
0:26:56 > 0:27:02Slovakia, you're saying Czech. Let's see if that's right and if it is, how many people said Czech.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Oh! An incorrect answer.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12It scores you 100 points and takes your total up to a harmless 131.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16- Richard?- Unlucky, Jamie. It's a very tough board.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20If anyone at home has got all six of these, it's very, very impressive.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24I won't give you the answer, just in case Mario wants to have a go at it.
0:27:24 > 0:27:30Mario, you're the last person to have this board, so why not have a punt on each of those?
0:27:30 > 0:27:35Obviously, Monaco, they speak French. In Egypt, I think it's Arabic.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37I'm going to go for Monaco - French.
0:27:37 > 0:27:44Monaco - French. Let's see if French is the official language of Monaco and if so, how many people said it.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47It's right.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Oh, 71. A lot of people knew that.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52APPLAUSE
0:27:52 > 0:27:54It takes your total up to 109.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58- Richard?- Yeah, probably the safest answer on a very tough board.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02So well played. Let's take a look through the rest of it.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06Mario, you're right about Egypt as well. That is Arabic.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10Now, Slovakia, it's not Czech. It's the other one - Slovak.
0:28:10 > 0:28:15And Bangladesh, that's either Bangla or Bengali. That would have scored you 7 points.
0:28:15 > 0:28:21And Cambodia is Khmer, the best answer on the board. It would have scored you 3 points.
0:28:21 > 0:28:26- Very well done if you got that and if you got all six. - Thank you very much, Richard.
0:28:26 > 0:28:31At the end of Round 2, the losing pair with the highest score, Sheridan and Stacey.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35Once again, we and Mario have to wave goodbye to you.
0:28:35 > 0:28:36Go on.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39That's better.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43But you did OK. Trinidad and Tobago, English.
0:28:43 > 0:28:48You also found Christmas tree worm, Sheridan, in the first round, a pointless answer.
0:28:48 > 0:28:54- You've added 250 quid to our jackpot.- I want it back.- She said she wants that back if they win!
0:28:54 > 0:28:58- I see. She wants it back if they win.- Good luck with that, Sheridan.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00LAUGHTER
0:29:00 > 0:29:05Sheridan, Stacey, thank you for playing. It's been brilliant having you on the show.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07APPLAUSE
0:29:07 > 0:29:14But for the remaining two pairs, things get even more exciting now as we enter the head-to-head.
0:29:17 > 0:29:23Very well done, Karl and Mario, Lee and Jamie, you've made it through to the head-to-head.
0:29:23 > 0:29:31Only one pair can make it through to the final and play for the jackpot which currently stands at £5,000.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33APPLAUSE
0:29:35 > 0:29:41You go head to head on the best of three questions. For each question, each pair gives me one answer.
0:29:41 > 0:29:46You can now confer. If your answer scores less than the other pair, you win that question.
0:29:46 > 0:29:52The first pair to get to the best of three will play for today's jackpot. Let's play Pointless.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58Here is your first question.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:30:01 > 0:30:07to name as many characters from Keeping Up Appearances as they could.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11- Richard?- We're looking for any named, credited character
0:30:11 > 0:30:16who was in 20 or more episodes of the sitcom Keeping Up Appearances.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19We're looking for character names. First names will be fine.
0:30:19 > 0:30:25Karl and Mario, because you've played best throughout the show so far, you go first.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29We're looking for characters from Keeping Up Appearances.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31WHISPERING
0:30:36 > 0:30:39OK, we have an answer.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41What's it going to be?
0:30:41 > 0:30:43I'm going to go for...
0:30:43 > 0:30:47Although... I'm hoping it's going to be right.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51- It's her son.- Yeah. - Sheridan.- Sheridan?
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Yes.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Lee and Jamie?
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Onslow or Daisy?
0:30:58 > 0:31:00- I'd go for Rose.- We'll go for Rose.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Rose. OK, Rose.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05So we have Sheridan, we have Rose.
0:31:05 > 0:31:11- Karl and Mario, did you watch Keeping Up Appearances?- Yeah.- Have you seen it, Mario?- I've seen a few.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14Although I've never actually seen Sheridan,
0:31:14 > 0:31:19he was on the other end of the phone quite often asking for money and what have you.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21OK, you are saying Sheridan.
0:31:21 > 0:31:28- Yes.- Let's see if it's right and if it is, let's see how many people said Sheridan.
0:31:30 > 0:31:31Oh!
0:31:31 > 0:31:34Bad luck.
0:31:34 > 0:31:39I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer. Lee and Jamie, you have said Rose.
0:31:39 > 0:31:45Rose just has to be correct for you to win this question. Is it right? If it is, how many people said it?
0:31:47 > 0:31:49It's right. Well done.
0:31:52 > 0:31:5422 for Rose.
0:31:56 > 0:32:02But most importantly, it was correct. After the first question, Lee and Jamie are ahead 1-0.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06- Richard?- Yeah, good answer, guys, one of Hyacinth's sisters.
0:32:06 > 0:32:11No actor plays Sheridan. He's just referred to. He's on the end of the phone.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15You hear his name a lot, but he's not a credited character.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19Let's take a look at all of them. Seven have appeared in 20 or more.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22There's Emmet and Elizabeth, the neighbours.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25Emmet would have scored you 5, Elizabeth 6.
0:32:25 > 0:32:30Daisy, Hyacinth's other sister would have scored you 13, Rose 22, Onslow 27.
0:32:30 > 0:32:36There's the husband Richard, played by Clive Swift, on 31, and Hyacinth, Patricia Routledge, on 60.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40Thank you, Richard. Here is your second question.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44Karl and Mario, you have to win this question to stay in the game.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:32:46 > 0:32:53to name as many Olympic host cities beginning with S as they could.
0:32:53 > 0:32:58- Richard?- We're looking for any city that's hosted a Summer or Winter Olympic Games
0:32:58 > 0:33:04whose name begins with S. There are nine answers. See how many of those you can get.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08OK, now then, Lee and Jamie, you are to go first this time.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11WHISPERING: Stockholm? 1912?
0:33:15 > 0:33:18OK, we'll go for Stockholm.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Stockholm.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23Karl and Mario?
0:33:23 > 0:33:25We're going to go...
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Shanghai?
0:33:27 > 0:33:29- Go for it.- Shanghai.
0:33:29 > 0:33:35Shanghai. OK, we have Stockholm and we have Shanghai. Lee and Jamie went first with Stockholm.
0:33:35 > 0:33:40Let's see if that's correct and if it is, how many people said it.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43It's right.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49Oh, 17 for Stockholm.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51APPLAUSE
0:33:54 > 0:34:00Right, Karl and Mario, this will decide whether or not you stay with us
0:34:00 > 0:34:02or whether or not you leave us.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06Shanghai has to be right and it has to score less than 17,
0:34:06 > 0:34:09otherwise, I'm afraid we say goodbye to you.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13Let's see, Shanghai, is it correct? How many people said Shanghai?
0:34:17 > 0:34:22Oh, Karl and Mario, I'm afraid that's an incorrect answer.
0:34:22 > 0:34:27Which means that after only two questions, Lee and Jamie are through to the final 2-0.
0:34:27 > 0:34:32- Richard?- Unlucky. Beijing is the only Chinese city to have hosted an Olympics,
0:34:32 > 0:34:35but Stockholm, you're right, was in 1912.
0:34:35 > 0:34:40Let's take a look at all nine. The lowest scoring ones were Winter Olympic cities.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Squaw Valley held it in 1960.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45St Moritz has held it twice. That scored 2 points.
0:34:45 > 0:34:50Sarajevo, where Torvill and Dean did their Bolero routine, scored 4.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54St Louis held the third modern Olympics. It would have scored 8.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56As would Salt Lake City.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00Sapporo held the 1972 Winter Olympics. Would have scored you 9.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04Stockholm 17, Seoul, which held the 1988 Olympics, 38,
0:35:04 > 0:35:10and Sydney right at the top with 46, the 2000 Olympics. Very well done if you got all nine.
0:35:10 > 0:35:15Thanks, Richard. The losing pair at the end of the head-to-head is Karl and Mario.
0:35:15 > 0:35:21Bad luck. I'm sorry we have to say goodbye to you. You've been beaten by Lee and Jamie, a strong pair.
0:35:21 > 0:35:26- But you've been brilliant. Thanks so much for playing.- Thanks very much.
0:35:27 > 0:35:34But for Lee and Jamie, it's time for our Pointless final and the chance to win our jackpot of £5,000.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44Congratulations, Lee and Jamie. You've fought off the competition
0:35:44 > 0:35:48and you have won our coveted Pointless trophy, so very well done.
0:35:54 > 0:36:02You now have a chance to win our Pointless jackpot and at the end of today's show, it stands at £5,000.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04APPLAUSE
0:36:04 > 0:36:06Now, the rules are very simple.
0:36:06 > 0:36:12To win that money, just find a pointless answer that none of our 100 people thought of.
0:36:12 > 0:36:18We've had two pointless answers today. You only have to find one more to go home with that money.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22First, you've got to choose a category from these three options.
0:36:29 > 0:36:34- Now, is that a pleasant surprise, Jamie?- Not really.
0:36:34 > 0:36:40What are we going to get with Composers? You're hardly going to ask us to list a lot of composers,
0:36:40 > 0:36:45so it's probably going to be someone's music. Oh, I don't know.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48If we don't pick Pop Icons, we'll maybe do Baseball.
0:36:48 > 0:36:53- Baseball, I will be clueless at, so it will have to be...- The Pop Icons.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55- '80s Pop Icons.- '80s Pop Icons.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57- And it's all Lee's!- Oh.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Well, you can object...
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Not at all. No, no.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05Let's find out what the question is.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07We gave 100 people 100 seconds
0:37:07 > 0:37:12to name as many Boy George singles as they could.
0:37:12 > 0:37:17- Richard?- Yeah, we're looking for any single released by Boy George as a solo artist
0:37:17 > 0:37:22or as a member of Culture Club or Jesus Loves You or with him as a featured artist
0:37:22 > 0:37:27to reach the UK Top 40 prior to the beginning of 2011.
0:37:27 > 0:37:32Thanks very much, Richard. You now have up to one minute to come up with three answers.
0:37:32 > 0:37:37All you need to win that £5,000 jackpot is for just one answer to be pointless.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Your 60 seconds start now.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44OK, so apart from Karma Chameleon and all those, let's see...
0:37:44 > 0:37:49He was in Band Aid. We could always go for that one. What else did he collaborate in?
0:37:49 > 0:37:54There was Church Of The Poisoned Mind. There was Time.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57- There was The War Song. - The War Song?
0:37:57 > 0:38:02- Oh...- Is this him as a solo artist? - Everything I Own was the solo artist.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Everything I Own, right.
0:38:07 > 0:38:13- Which of these...- Was there one called Mistake No.3 that just squeaked its way...
0:38:13 > 0:38:17If there wasn't, there should have been. LAUGHTER
0:38:17 > 0:38:24- That was good.- There was the one they did with The A-Team. I can't remember what they were called.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26- The A-Team?- Mm-hm.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28The A-Team?!
0:38:31 > 0:38:35- Was there one called White Boy? - White Boy...
0:38:35 > 0:38:40- Five seconds. - White Boy, Mistake No.3. - And The War Song.- And The War Song.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42OK, there's your minute up.
0:38:42 > 0:38:48OK, we were looking for Boy George singles. I now need your three answers.
0:38:48 > 0:38:53- Give them.- The War Song is the first one.- The War Song.
0:38:53 > 0:38:58Leaving all the popular ones out of the way, was there Mistake No.3?
0:38:58 > 0:39:03- Mistake No.3.- And what did I say? Everything I Own.- Everything I Own.
0:39:03 > 0:39:08- Of those three, which is your best shot at a pointless answer? - Mistake No.3.
0:39:08 > 0:39:14- Mistake No.3 we will put at number three. Which is your least likely pointless one?- Everything I Own.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17OK, we will put them up in that order.
0:39:21 > 0:39:26OK, we were looking for Boy George singles. This was your least confident answer.
0:39:26 > 0:39:31You only have to find one pointless answer to win that £5,000 jackpot.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33Let's see. Everything I Own...
0:39:33 > 0:39:40Let's see if it's right and if it is, let's see how many people said it - Everything I Own.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43It's right.
0:39:43 > 0:39:48This has to go all the way down to zero if you are going to leave with that £5,000 jackpot.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52This is your first of three shots at it. Down into single figures...
0:39:52 > 0:39:545.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57- APPLAUSE Hard luck.- Well...
0:39:59 > 0:40:06- That's pretty impressive - 5. - I'm surprised by that. I thought that would have been higher.
0:40:06 > 0:40:12Exactly. It's looking very good for the really obscure ones that I haven't heard of.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15We're looking for Boy George singles.
0:40:15 > 0:40:21- Your second answer, The War Song... You're still confident that this is a...- That...- This is a single?
0:40:21 > 0:40:26That one's definitely a single, but it was a big single. I'm hoping people have forgotten about it.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30- I certainly have.- Well, you've forgotten about the '80s.
0:40:30 > 0:40:37- Exactly.- OK, well, The War Song. This has to be pointless for you to win that £5,000 jackpot.
0:40:37 > 0:40:42Let's see if it's right and if it is, how many people said The War Song. Best of luck.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Well, it's right.
0:40:48 > 0:40:53Your first answer, Everything I Own, went down to 5.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57This is your second shot at the jackpot. Down it goes.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00- Still going down...to 2. - APPLAUSE
0:41:06 > 0:41:10Well, again that's not pointless,
0:41:10 > 0:41:12but we've gone from 5 to 2.
0:41:12 > 0:41:17If we keep up this trajectory, we should be down to pointless in our next answer.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20I am not...not confident.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24It's either a big X or a big zero.
0:41:25 > 0:41:30OK, we are looking for Boy George singles.
0:41:30 > 0:41:35You said this was the answer you had the most faith in to be pointless.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38- This is for the jackpot of £5,000. - This is obscure.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Everything is now riding on Mistake No.3.
0:41:41 > 0:41:47OK, let's see, Mistake No.3, is it right and if it is, how many people said it?
0:41:49 > 0:41:51Oh, no!
0:41:51 > 0:41:55- APPLAUSE - There you go.- Hard luck.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03- Oh, bad luck.- Never mind.
0:42:03 > 0:42:08Unfortunately, you didn't find that all-important pointless answer.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11I'm afraid your No.3 was a mistake.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Indeed.
0:42:13 > 0:42:19You don't win today's jackpot which rolls over on to the next show, but you have been amazing contestants.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23- And you do take home our Pointless trophy. - APPLAUSE
0:42:29 > 0:42:31So, Richard...?
0:42:31 > 0:42:37Yeah, Mistake No.3 is just an album track from Waking Up With The House On Fire, never released as a single.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41So it's tough luck. Let's look at some of the pointless answers.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44There's a few Culture Club top ten hits in here.
0:42:44 > 0:42:48Generations Of Love, he released as Jesus Loves You.
0:42:48 > 0:42:53Then there's two Culture Club top ten hits - I Just Wanna Be Loved and It's A Miracle.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Keep Me In Mind was a solo hit,
0:42:55 > 0:42:58More Than Likely he recorded with PM Dawn
0:42:58 > 0:43:02and Move Away is another Culture Club top ten hit.
0:43:02 > 0:43:07Sold, another solo single, The Crying Game, the theme tune to The Crying Game.
0:43:07 > 0:43:13And another Culture Club song - The Medal Song. Well done if you got any of those at home.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15Tough luck. Really good guesses.
0:43:15 > 0:43:21- Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to you, Lee and Jamie. Thank you so much for playing.- Thank you.
0:43:23 > 0:43:27Nobody has won our jackpot today, so it rolls over on to the next show
0:43:27 > 0:43:30when we will be playing for £6,000.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32APPLAUSE
0:43:32 > 0:43:38- Join us then to see if someone can win it. It's goodbye from Richard. - Goodbye.- And it's goodbye from me.
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